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Re:Apple Is Developing Its Own Screens for the First Time by Someone on Monday March 19, 2018 @03:35AM (#16616674)
”So say you want a 4kx2k display, well, that is 8 million LED's”

24 million, if you want RGB. On the positive side: OLEDs have the same number of LEDs, and we can manufacture them economically and at large sizes (LG showed a 88 inch 8k one in January (http://bgr.com/2018/01/01/lg-8k-oled-display-announced-88-in...)

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Re:Apple Is Developing Its Own Screens for the First Time by vardump on Monday March 19, 2018 @05:17AM (#16617061)
That'd be true for large displays, but not for phone OLED displays.

Phone OLED displays seem to have only 2 LEDs per pixel.

See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PenTile_matrix_family#PenTile_...

http://bgr.com/2017/11/07/iphone-x-display-microscope-oled-v...

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Re:Apple Is Developing Its Own Screens for the First Time by ferongr on Monday March 19, 2018 @09:03AM (#16618010)
LG OLED is not true color OLED, but a hack, having a white OLED emitting panel and a color filter on top. It has many downsides like lower efficiency, maximum brightness and color accuracy.
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Re:Apple Is Developing Its Own Screens for the First Time by jandrese on Monday March 19, 2018 @11:27AM (#16619100)
However, because they're all the same color all of the OLEDs degrade at the same rate so the color balance doesn't shift over time.
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Re:Apple Is Developing Its Own Screens for the First Time by NullPrefix on Monday March 19, 2018 @09:37AM (#16618214)
Sort of like an LCD?
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Re:Apple Is Developing Its Own Screens for the First Time by ferongr on Monday March 19, 2018 @09:52AM (#16618324)
Yes, though it still improves on the many problems of IPS and VA LCD technologies.
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Re:Apple Is Developing Its Own Screens for the First Time by TremendousJudge on Monday March 19, 2018 @10:13AM (#16618440)
does it have true blacks at least?
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Re:Apple Is Developing Its Own Screens for the First Time by ferongr on Monday March 19, 2018 @10:21AM (#16618490)
Since it doesn't rely on the panel trying to block a very bright backlight, yes.
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